Here is a special. I have been debating on uploading these to my thread for a while now since they are banners/advertisements for a local convention form. But they are still my works so I'd like to showcase them here.
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Here is a special. I have been debating on uploading these to my thread for a while now since they are banners/advertisements for a local convention form. But they are still my works so I'd like to showcase them here.
Banners-
Last edited by blueangel06661; 04-03-2011 at 07:00 AM.
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The sixth and second-to last banners are my favorite out of the group. All of the banners incorporate unique styles, but they can be a bit hectic. And while your style will use clashing effects to "neutralize" the signature, I have trouble understanding what a lot of these banners are about because of the fact that the typography is being outdone by its surroundings. Keep posting though, I like your signatures.
I just love the the photography one, it's just so amazing. Also maybe if you could center the character to make it look more "right" would be a good thing in my opinion. I really love your sixth one too, you do a great job at making the characters "belong" in the banner. Also like Sk said, keep posting because you have fantastic work.
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Last edited by blueangel06661; 04-09-2011 at 04:30 PM.
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Your first one is just a fantastic. The colours are very well picked but the text seems "chubby" to me, also maybe removing a few scan lines on the top left could make it better.
Number two is okay but remove the shadow under the text then add something to make the text stand out like the text border in the first one.
Number three is way to bright on the top left also the thing in his hair should be smaller or completely remove all together.
Number four is just fantastic, I can't find anything wrong it it. The colour goes wonderful with it and the sig all together just makes me go wow.
I don't really like 5 but that's probably because of those weird rectangle overlays (?). It also seems more empty then your other signatures.
That was my favourite from all the entries only because it actually looked like Seung-li did it, great job.
Overall I can't wait to see more of your signature since they're so fantastic and wonderful. O_o;;
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I agree with Xey - #4 is the best and I can't find anything wrong with it at all
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I dunno, I wouldnt say I you cant find flaws in it, Xey. I'll just criticize them as a group.
My first criticism is a question, why are they all the same basic size? Its kind of... boring, you know? You see one signature at 370 by 145, you see them all. The one major thing that tends to happen with a size consistency like that, is you lose a level of control with what you can do with an extraction or stock. Variety is the spice of life.
One thing I do see you doing is with the color. And what I think you are doing is taking a solid color and setting it to screen or something and drenching you signatures in one tone. This is killing your depth and your color variety. Every signature looks flat to me. Experiment with the blur tool and the sharpen tool. Also, you can try two tricks to pulling out better lighting and depth.
The first is to take a black and white gradient and set it to Luminosity on a low opacity. The second is create a new layer, apply the image, and use this filter called High Pass (Filter > Other > High Pass) and set the layer to soft light. This will pull out your shadows and highlights more.
Work on your typography more as well. Like, lets take your first tag on that little group in post 104. By changing the sizes of your type face, here's how I read it: Begin Breath with a I inhale a tale. I'm sure that reads nicely to you, but when designing a something, other people will almost NEVER see it the way you do. I have 2 tips for better typography. First of, after you have it, get up, and take a walk for 5 minutes. Come back, and look at it again, you should notice an instant difference because you had been working on it for so long.
Secondly, set up an organization for you text. Decided what you want read first, in the case of the first tag, the whole poem thing is just too long, and no one will read it because they wont know how to enter reading it (my above explanation). If you also look at your other tags, where you have text just splattered everywhere, the question must be asked; what do I read first? Third tag, and fourth tag are good examples of this.
The way to organize your text is simple, set it up in 3 levels. Level one is your punch text (or headline). This should be either a title, a name, or something simple; preferably only one word. This text should be big to draw attention. The second level should be the subtext, this can be just a short, simple thing to keep the viewer reading. Then finally is anything else you want in the third level. This text should be small, and kind of out of the way. But all of these levels should be grouped together. You dont want them all over the place. The 4th tag has these qualities, but you dont take full advantage of it, so the text overpowers your stock image.
Anyway, my 2 cents.
Thank you serated. I know they all seem flat because that's the style I was aiming for while making them. I wanted that nice flat sort of edgy tone to this group. And also the size I use for my signatures is my own little signature on my art. I don't like posting my name on things people use so I just make it my own default size. So I know I made it when I see it around and people that know me knows I made it. Sure that hinders it but if you don't see them one after another like you do in this thread but rather in someones signature as they post you really wont notice the difference or care what their size is.
But thank you for your input! I'll take it into consideration.
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I love number one, two, and four. I can't find anything wrong with it. One thing it has an effect on me is that it inspired me to make something similar to that, really, it's hard to inspire me enough to make a similar sig to someone else's. So kudos to you blueangel. ^_^
As for the others, well everyone pratically said it so I have no imput on them. ^^"
~~Use to be Rempika~~
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I decided to try something new. I went with vertical banners. They go in order from first to latest attempt.
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I like them all, except for a small issue with the pikachu one. In the lower right hand cornor, on the green heart. Is that red splat thing suppose to be there or is it something you didn't see?
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It's part of the heart. I noticed the same thing. Something with one of the textures caused the original color to bleed through but I didn't know quite how to fix it. It's one of those quirky photoshop things. It wasn't too much of a big deal so I just left it alone.
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I'm sure you tried erasing it? I could think of a couple of ways to get rid of it but it's tedious. ._.
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You can't erase it because it's the actual heart. The green texture overlay did not completely blend with the blend mode I choose completely over that area of the heart. It was the best blend mode but I guess that area of the heart was a hotspot. I don't know and it's too late now as I don't save .PSD's. As a whole it looks nice so I'm not as concerned with it. I could smooth it out a bit but maybe when I'm home
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I love vertical signatures. :'D The first one the border looks odd to me, also try to show a bit more of the character if you can. The second one is much better in my opinion but lower the character a bit down or something. ;~; I don't like the last one, the first thing I saw wast the text and the inside of it looks just weird. The third one is just fantastic but I have to tell you how I read it "May Showers Spring Bring flowers" but maybe that's just me. Great sigs overall.
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Um, she just said she slapped the extraction on. I doubt she thought much about it past trying random extractions.
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I like the romantic coordinate signature. It has a scrapbook vibe to me. In some places it's alil oversharpened, for my taste though. Also, I like the border for both the I've always been bad signature. I've noticed that you are pretty good are making creative borders for signatures.
I must request from you sometime, I really like how pretty you make everything. And TALES OF XILLIA OMG.
My main complain would be on this one
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There's some blotchy blue spots around her and the flower.
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Funny though.. I didn't use the sharpen effect once on that signature ^^; I guess it just appears that way.
Well the blue spots that go around the flower on her shirt are gems. They are supposed to be there. If you are referring to the spot to the bottom left of the flower. That's the overlay picking up a light blue tint the render had. It's a blue effect that darkens some of the darker places. I guess it went overboard on some of the super dark places around her hair. I guess I need to start being more careful about that.
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A bigger Vertical tag.. Only one I've done so far. Will probably add more to this post if I do anymore.
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